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Aphasia is an acquired language disorder caused by brain damage, primarily affecting the left hemisphere, and it impairs expression, comprehension, reading, and writing. The main causes include stroke, traumatic brain injury, and neurodegenerative diseases. Aphasias are classified into non-fluent and fluent types, each with distinct features affecting speech fluency, comprehension, and repetition abilities.

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Aphasia is an acquired language disorder caused by brain damage, primarily affecting the left hemisphere, and it impairs expression, comprehension, reading, and writing. The main causes include stroke, traumatic brain injury, and neurodegenerative diseases. Aphasias are classified into non-fluent and fluent types, each with distinct features affecting speech fluency, comprehension, and repetition abilities.

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🧠 Aphasia – Essential Clinical Overview

✨ Definition
Aphasia is an acquired language disorder resulting from damage to the brain regions
responsible for language, most commonly in the left hemisphere. It impairs a person’s
ability to:

 Express language (speaking, writing)


 Comprehend language (understanding spoken and written language)
 Read and write

🚨 Causes
 Stroke (most common)
 Traumatic brain injury
 Brain tumors
 Infections
 Neurodegenerative disease (e.g., Primary Progressive Aphasia)

🧩 Classification by Fluent vs Non-Fluent


Aphasias are typically classified by:

 Fluency of speech
 Comprehension ability
 Ability to repeat language

🟢 Non-Fluent Aphasia

Type Key Features


Broca’s Aphasia Effortful, halting speech; good comprehension; poor repetition
Transcortical Motor Like Broca’s but repetition is intact
Global Aphasia Severe deficits in all modalities

Example:

 Speech: “Want...coffee...now.”
 Comprehension: Mostly preserved (except Global)
 Writing mirrors speech output

🟣 Fluent Aphasia

Type Key Features


Wernicke’s Aphasia Fluent but nonsensical speech; poor comprehension
Transcortical Sensory Fluent speech; poor comprehension; intact repetition
Conduction Aphasia Fluent speech; good comprehension; poor repetition
Anomic Aphasia Word-finding difficulties; otherwise fluent and intact

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